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Mixed Freight posted:
Chuck Sartor posted:

For locomotives that have duel control stands, which end is front?

Just taking a semi-edumicated guess here, but probably whichever end the receiving railroad requested it on, when they ordered the loco.

Or, if the railroad itself installed a dual control stand on an existing unit, the "F" end was probably left as it already was.

In the real world, using the stenciled F as forward was mandatory.  When a man on the ground was passing signals to the engineer to go forward or back up, he went by the F.  Didn't matter if there were dual control stands or if it was in the middle.  The man on the ground went by the defined front of the engine.

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